Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Fair
Adelaide

13°C

22°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

17°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

19°C

26°C

Clear skies
Broome

28°C

33°C

Partly cloudy
Cairns

24°C

29°C

Clear skies
Canberra

12°C

24°C

Mostly cloudy
Darwin

26°C

32°C

Cloudy
Hobart

10°C

15°C

Partly cloudy
Melbourne

14°C

17°C

Clear skies
Perth

18°C

27°C

Clear skies
Sydney

17°C

24°C

National Summary

A trough is bringing showers and storms to WA's interior, some intense. A front is bringing showers to Tas and far southern Vic. Moist and unstable southeasterly winds are bringing showers and the odd storm to northeast NSW, eastern & far northern Qld, and the NT Top End.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

QLD

Fri 03:00 AEST

Strong Wind Warning for Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay coasts

NSW

Fri 04:00 AEDT

Strong Wind Warning for Illawarra and Batemans coasts

TAS

Fri 04:00 AEDT

Gale Warning for South East & South West coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Upper East & Lower East coasts. Cancelled Central West Coast

WA

Fri 00:50 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds & Large Hailstones) for parts of South Coastal, South East Coastal & Great Southern districts

WA

Fri 00:50 AWST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds & Large Hailstones) for parts of South Coastal, South East Coastal & Great Southern districts

QLD

Thu 14:41 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Diamantina River

QLD

Thu 14:32 AEST

Final Flood Warning For The Daintree River

QLD

Thu 12:59 AEST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Thomson River And Cooper Creek

QLD

Thu 11:05 AEST

Major Flood Warning For The Eyre Creek And Moderate Flood Warning For The Georgina River

NT

Thu 10:28 ACST

Moderate Flood Warning For The Daly River

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